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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Maria, why shouldn't she have shown up at Freddy Chaikin's without calling?
(a) Because it was rude to show up without calling.
(b) Because her agent is too busy to see her.
(c) Because only big stars were allowed to show up unannounced.
(d) Because only people in trouble came unannounced to see their agents.

2. According to Maria, "_______always spoke on the telephone as if a spurious urgency could mask her radical lack of interest in talking to anyone."
(a) Felicia.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Carlotta.
(d) Helene.

3. How does Maria respond to Carter's statement about always dining out?
(a) She says that he always dines out.
(b) She says that he always invites her.
(c) She says that he doesn't always dine out.
(d) She says that he never invites her.

4. Maria states that she may have been holding all the aces but ___________?
(a) Who was it for?
(b) Where would she go?
(c) What if she lost?
(d) What was the game?

5. How does everything look to Maria as she leaves the house where she had her abortion?
(a) Eerie.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Frightening.
(d) Lonely.

6. As the novel opens, what meal does Carter like to have out?
(a) Breakfast.
(b) Lunch.
(c) Midnight snack.
(d) Dinner.

7. What time is it essential for Maria to embark on her new pastime?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Ten.
(d) Seven.

8. What does BZ do with the first picture that Carter made with Maria that she doesn't like?
(a) He runs it often.
(b) He destroys it.
(c) He seldom runs it.
(d) He sells it.

9. After Carter stops living in the house in Beverly Hills, where does Maria begin to sleep?
(a) At the beach.
(b) By the pool.
(c) On the deck.
(d) In the car.

10. At the house where Maria has her abortion, what is the doctor's table NOT fitted with?
(a) Legs.
(b) Cushions.
(c) Stirrups.
(d) Drawers.

11. What is the subject of Maria and the man's conversation as they drive to get her abortion?
(a) Politics.
(b) Money.
(c) Cars.
(d) Marriage.

12. As the novel opens, whom does Helene say she does NOT visit Maria at the hospital for?
(a) Maria.
(b) Carter.
(c) BZ.
(d) Helene.

13. What is Maria consumed by after her mother's death when she lived in New York?
(a) Questions about the universe, the nature of death.
(b) Questions about what her mother was doing, thinking.
(c) Questions about what her father was doing, where he was.
(d) Questions about working, saving for retirement.

14. What happens at the end of the first picture Carter made with Maria?
(a) She is cleaning marijuana with a kitchen strainer.
(b) She is thrown into negative and looks dead.
(c) She is crying on the IRT.
(d) She is arguing on the telephone.

15. What is the name of the first picture Carter made with Maria that never got distributed?
(a) The girl.
(b) New York.
(c) Maria.
(d) Marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Maria, why did Carter stop seeing Sidney and Ruth Loomis?

2. What type of bird does Maria watch at the hospital as the novel opens?

3. What is the name of Maria's father's business partner?

4. Why does Maria tell BZ that Larry Kulik is going to die in a barber chair?

5. As the novel opens, what fictional character does Maria say she does NOT ask what makes this person evil?

(see the answer keys)

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